Striking all state
class action claims and limiting conditional certification of an FLSA collective
action to three units of a hospital in a
class / collective hybrid
action brought by a former nurse against a hospital in Wisconsin state court for meal period and overtime
claims;
Traditional procedural tools are available in a
class proceeding, including a motion to
strike out the
claim as disclosing no reasonable cause of
action, or motions to determine issues of law or for summary judgment to both eliminate and narrow
claims.